deprecate
verb
dep·re·cate
ˈde-pri-ˌkāt 
deprecated; deprecating; deprecates
1
: to express disapproval of
deprecates such attempts at humor
2
3
: to withdraw official support for or discourage the use of (something, such as a software product) in favor of a newer or better alternative
… the Google Drive app for PC and Mac is officially being deprecated and the company's developers announced in a blog post that it will no longer be supported starting December 11. Instead, you'll need to choose from one of two new apps.—
Rhett Jones
Rhett JonesIn the case of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft is deprecating and removing more than 20 features.—Mauro Huculak
Mauro Huculak4
a
: to seek to avert
deprecate the wrath … of the Roman people—Tobias Smollett
Tobias Smollett
b
archaic
: to pray against (something, such as an evil)
Examples of deprecate in a Sentence
movie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year
deprecates TV sitcoms as childish and simpleminded
Recent Examples on the Web
But the form was still slightly deprecated by much of the art Establishment, who thought of photographers as technicians more than conveyors of thought and depth.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 24 June 2025
New models drop weekly, foundation models shift, and entire frameworks deprecate overnight.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The controversy surrounding Google’s Privacy Sandbox, with vocal opposition from publishers and critical review by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), finally resulted in Google pulling back on its plans to deprecate cookies for the time being.
—Marc McCollum, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
For example, when the compliance team of a media company working with us flagged that their TLS crypto standard was deprecated, the knee-jerk reaction was an expensive reinstatement with the vendor and a complete system upgrade.
—Tomás O’Leary, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 24 June 2025
New models drop weekly, foundation models shift, and entire frameworks deprecate overnight.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The controversy surrounding Google’s Privacy Sandbox, with vocal opposition from publishers and critical review by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), finally resulted in Google pulling back on its plans to deprecate cookies for the time being.
—Marc McCollum, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
For example, when the compliance team of a media company working with us flagged that their TLS crypto standard was deprecated, the knee-jerk reaction was an expensive reinstatement with the vendor and a complete system upgrade.
—Tomás O’Leary, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Deprecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deprecate. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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deprecate
verb
dep·re·cate
ˈdep-ri-ˌkāt
deprecated; deprecating
1
: to express disapproval of
2
: to represent as of little value : depreciate
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